Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-01-14

orchard there's likely to be- n pretty rood
stylc of a hou.o and yh,r iu Knuttcl,,,
thrrr, .on,l ,i vic of q L,ii.r thrt'. II ,loliLon1
or Loi,ig .nl,,tv Of GOOD WILDLY Vnoy f,cr,,s
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shoyy. r..i.,.,tiI,, int,,,,lad mo f., Il. ,,,rot
natural nliio.,nbor. come ON. Ahn
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roInohln os th.y ,,rocoo,ioJ and Aho n,,,tnr,J
hal avon if tbry jiJ NOT on+ orytlir,, 10
drink tbnv world n,oI,ollv fct n,,ni,,l, IF ,l,o
fr,it to u3ol.o an aprcoahia cIorrc IN th,jr
dint
They emerged from the woods into a cleared
space where a number of roads and paths
foc,scd. TO the RIGHT was little opcninr in
the mountain 81 lc. hardly large cnourh 70 he
called a valley, but designated in the language
of the region as n "hollow." At its mouth
stood a couple of diminutve log cabins. of the
rudest possible construction and rooted with
clapboards held in place by stones and
poles. A long string of wooden troughs.
supported upon props conducted the water
from all elevated spring to the roof of one
of the cabins, and the water could be seen
issuing again from underneath the logs at one
side Of thc cabin. 4 very rrimitiya cider
nill-tvvo vondnn rollors fastened i'm u frora
and moved Ly a lone, sanlinp syvoon attached
to ono of tbnn,--.tooJ rror Tho ,lroun1 v,s
covered with rottinr annie nomorc from
which arose tho odor that Ind reochod Kent,e
nose
Hello!" said the latter, "hcre's juck
here's richness We've succeeded beyond
our most sanauine expectations. as the boy
said who ran away from school to catch
minnows, and caught duckinr. a bad cold
and "A licking. We've struck an opplo iack
distillerv. and as they've been at work lately.
they've probably left enough somewhere to
civo us all that we can drink"
Abe's SIGH was eloquent of a disbelief that
such n consu,,iuation was possihlc short of
athe blissfnl hereafter
Inside OF one of the cabins they found a
still about the size of n tub. with a worm of
similar small PROPORTIONS. kept cool bv the
flow from the sprin,, Some tubs and barrels.
in which tine I,,, of cider were rapillv tuIning
to vinegar, gave Off a fruity. spiriuIous odor,
but for awhile their eager search did not dis.
cover a bit of the distilled product. At last
Kent. with n cry of triumpb. drarrod from n
place of cunning concealmcnt n small inc,
stopped with corncob. He srncllcd it hum
Crily
Yes, here is some. It's appleiack, not a
week old and as rank as a major general.
Phcw! can smell every stick they burned to
distill it. Abe. watch me closely willie I
B
of consideration for YOU. If amt dead in
five minutes YOU try it,
20, stop luonkeying and drink" was the
impatient answer
Kent put the jug to his mouth and took a
long drau-At "S;hNde of old Father Noah,
the first drlnbarl," he said, as he wirel the
tears from his eyes, another swi- like that
would pull out all the rivets in NV Internal
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II,9. - III" a., t,t "i','.o
,,,o nv, ,,,oI,th Io.t NV, hr,. i,',.,' "
i, tLo 'si,a,.,, ~ ,,,,.Ilr,,so y 0''
III M rne Hi'o,c " my siou'T'
l., VI gu ''o',' i''''' vac Sl'I'I's
NJ VIC Ju WY ilis iii'' '"o2e III 'nG men
ISM WIN u',G4uui "p,outy' on'er 'He m
VI '''t ii' iH','' S'''i'uHe
a-iratjop PAINTED the present and future in
lne. of da2zlinr radiance Fv.rv,lin,r v,os
as delightful as it could be now md wonId
become more charming as time rallied ON
But with Abe Bolton drinkinr tended to Ie.
vcIop uoro,cue., into ,avo,,.ry
"Ah. comfort me. with ,,nll .iacl. ,rJ s,av
ma Wiz, F,.,,. ,f ~. ~, IS..,t f,,,,...,''
snt.I,., ao,,, the iu., With ;,n '.ir.,,,.,. IAN
of nr,l.,., n.,. vet ton ,I,rnI, t sl,.,.r That, IN,
is losing ,xact control Of hi, Ic., and arms
That Gets better the deeper dou,j Won 90
First il wa, like sWaiIovii.o u ,le. ..,., ir,r.
,.9y. old hand ,uade Bourbnn rruii,..t ln
. smoother"
/ a man can II used 10 almost anvthinc, e
said Ea,tou
II lct cIaddcr eye.y day. Abe. tbat ,.,,.
into the army. wouldn't nave missed all
tbs cSp,ri nee Tor Che finest farm in the
Miami valley.
'Tuarc worth ten wears Of Peaceful lif.
4r soldier half Jay,